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Japan men’s V.League: Panthers seize national title despite grand defiance of Trefuerza in Game 2 of finals

by WoV
source: vleague.or.jp; Photo: tr.twipple.jp

Panasonic Panthers won the Japanese men’s volleyball championship V.Premier League 2017/18 finals by a 2-0 in the series to become the new titleholders.


Panthers

Panthers

 

Panasonic Panthers won Game 2 of the V. League 2017/18 finals against Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza by a 3-2 (19-25, 25-16, 24-26, 26-24, 15-13) in front of 5,641 spectators at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium (capacity: 10,000 seats) to clinch the national title for the sixth time in the club history, the first time in four years.

Check out Game 1 report.

Both teams were weakened in the finals. The Panthers could not count on opposite Kunihiro Shimizu, who got injured a month ago, while Trefuerza were deprived of help from the Croatian Igor Omrčen.

The Pole Michał Kubiak was the best scorer of the Panthers in a decisive Game 2 with 24 points, Tatsuya Fukuzawa added 20 points. As for Trefuerza, who lost their second straight V.League finals, Takuya Takamatsu scored 31 points.

 

A post shared by WorldofVolley (@wofvolley) onMar 18, 2018 at 4:02am PDT

 

 

To see complete results, stats, and standings, visit our JPN National Championship 2017/2018 / Male / Seniors page.

 

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